OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566483

BURN,CLOTHING,AMPUTATED,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,UTILITY POLE

1985-06-25T00:00:00

Event: BURN,CLOTHING,AMPUTATED,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,UTILITY POLE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14566483
Report ID: 950411

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Investigation abstract

A CREW OF THREE EMPLOYEES (A WORKING FOREMAN, AN APPRENTICE LINEMAN, AND A GROUN VEMENT OF THE POLE CAUSED THE CONDUCTOR TO COME OFF THE INSULATOR AND STRIKE THE APPRENTICE LINEMAN ACROSS THE BACK. THE GROUNDMAN ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE CONDUCT OR AWAY FROM THE LINEMAN WITH A TAG LINE. HOWEVER, THE TAG LINE BECAME FOULED, A ND THE GROUNDMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE TAG LINE. THE CONDUCTOR CAME BACK TOWARD TH E POLE AND STRUCK THE FOREMAN ACROSS THE BACK. THE GROUNDMAN AGAIN TOOK CONTROL OF THE TAG LINE, AND THIS TIME THE PHASE CONDUCTOR CONTACTED THE NEUTRAL CONDUCT OR, CAUSING THE FUSE ON THE MAIN LINE TO OPEN. THE MEN WERE REMOVED FROM THE POL E AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. THE APPRENTICE LINEMAN HAD HIS RIG HT LEG AMPUTATED BECAUSE OF THE BURNS HE RECEIVED. THE FOREMAN WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR THE BURNS HE RECEIVED TO HIS RIGHT FOOT AND BACK. DMAN) WERE ASSIGNED TO INSTALL AN ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO A NEW HOME. THE SERVICE WAS TO BE TIED INTO AN EXISTING CONDUCTOR. A NEW UTILITY POLE HAD BEEN PLACED BE TWEEN TWO EXISTING POLES WHERE THE NEW LINE WAS TO BE CONNECTED. THE EXISTING LI NES WERE PULLED OUT OF THE WAY BY MEANS OF TAG LINES, AND THE TAG LINES WERE SEC URED TO A SERVICE TRUCK. THE APPRENTICE AND THE FOREMAN CLIMBED THE 29-FOOT POLE TO SECURE A CONDUCTOR TO THE INSULATOR ON THE TOP OF THE POLE. HOT STICKS WERE USED TO PLACE THE 12-KILOVOLT CONDUCTOR ON THE INSULATOR. THE CONDUCTOR WAS SECU RED USING A PREFORMED WRAPLOCK TIE. AS THE FOREMAN STARTED DOWN THE POLE, THE MO

Victims (2)

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
3

Event type
1

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
11

Event type
1

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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